We are completely out of food in the apartment right now, and I was dreading having to buy lunch. I am a total tight wad when it comes to weekly spending; I just don’t do it. I am much more likely to have shopping sprees on the weekend than ever buying anything mid week.

Needless to say, I brought a huge whopping salad – some remnants of yesterday’s lunch – with me for lunch today. But when I thought about the salad, all I could think about was how badly I wanted a sandwich. So I splurged and spent $5 on a turkey sandwich on multi-grain bread.

This looks like a lot food, but I didn’t eat it all of the salad. I actually ate about half and plan on saving the rest for tomorrow.

This salad was still just as good as yesterday. What is it about red wine vinegar anyway?

And the magnificent sandwich. Bill will absolutely die when he sees this, but I really wanted a pickle on my sando.

And of course they only had spears, but the worker willingly put two on my sandwich (in addition to one on the side).

Cha-Ching! I loved this sandwich. I slathered it in ketchup too but decided not too take photos of that ugly mess Plus I use an extreme amount of ketchup.

Product Review: Stonyfield Farm Organic Oikos

Kristina from Stonyfield Farm sent me some coupons a few weeks ago to try a few of the Stonyfield Farms products. I have always been a fan of Stonyfield, though I will admit to not really buying their yogurt since I found Chobani. I decided to give it a try after getting four coupons for free yogurts in the mail.

The packing is cute, however, the large font of “Oikos” almost makes you forget that this is a Stonyfield product. And isn’t there an Oikos brand out there already? I’m not sure. I do like the colors of the packaging, and I’ve always been a fan of their logo.

The consistency of the yogurt is pretty similar to other greek yogurts I’ve had. Nice, thick and creamy.

I will admit that I had Heather and Mark’s video in my mind as I did my own tasting. And the first thing I thought?…….

…. wow, this is sour. It really was sour. Maybe this is because it’s the vanilla flavor? As I continued eating it got better, but I could still taste the sourness. I wonder if this is the same with the blueberry and honey? Can you weigh in?

I did think this yogurt was excellent once I added my cereal add-in.

CONCLUSION: I wouldn’t say that I didn’t like Oikos, but I don’t like sour yogurt that much. I am a real sucker for sweet. I think I would buy Oikos if it were on sale or if Chobani wasn’t available.

Welcome to a New Food Blogger

Ashley was one of my first bosses in the newspaper bizz – at the good ole’ college paper back in Pennsylvania. She was tough on me, taught me a lot about AP Style and layout and then went on her way to make her mark on the newspaper world. I heard from her sporadically through Facebook and kept tabs on her through friends. A good friend of both of ours, Kelsey, mentioned something to me about Ashley losing a great deal of weight – and I thought that was great. One thing lead to another, and we got to emailing again – and before I knew it, Ashley had started her own blog. Can you imagine my excitement?

Care to give Ashley a big warm welcome to the food blogsophere? I promise you will enjoy her weight loss story, her unique fashion sense and her passion for leading a healthy lifestyle. Go over and take a peak!:

Fashionably Fit

See you at dinner!